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Arizona plays Green Bay, while the Niners play the Rams and the Seahawks play the Titans.NFC Wild Card: Any two of the Eagles, Giants, Packers and Falcons would get the nod if the season ended today, with the Bears, Panthers, and Niners a game back, giving Panthers-Saints dark-horse appeal. The Redskins, who play the Chargers, and Seahawks wait in the wings, meaning if you’re mathematically in any division race, unless you’re the Rams you have a surprisingly realistic shot at the Wild Card. The NFC definitely has the better games with Cowboys-Eagles, Giants-Vikings, and possibly Packers-Cardinals, but the NFL showed last year they’re more concerned with making sure the game has playoff implications no matter what happens when we get to primetime, so we’ll see how the rest of the season plays out. And how shocking would it be to see Redskins-Chargers in that spot This article is also featured on Sports.MorganWick . Did we expect the Suns to be leading the league standingsThe Phoenix Suns were only expected to make the eighth seed in the ultra competitive Western Conference Playoffs this year but instead, they are fighting for the top spot of the Pacific Division ahead of the reigning champions, the LA Lakers.The Suns are currently at the top of the league standings tied with the Atlanta Hawks for the top spot. They have formulated the playbook with high octane offense while adding a little bit of defense. The upgraded playbook is currently working pretty well so far.Did we expect Frye to be a better fit than ShaqThe addition of Channing Frye was only expected to fill in for Robin Lopez on the bench before Lopez got sidelined by a foot injury.

Instead, Frye is currently leading the Suns in 3P at 46 ahead of Nash at the starting centre position.Did we expect Phoenix to play defenseWell, the Suns are still not exactly playing lockdown defense but they have managed to get some late wins by playing good defense especially in the fourth quarters so far by holding their opponents to 40 field goal.The continued development in defense and hustle for Jared Dudley and Lou Amundson were also noticeable in getting the Suns to their current standing.Did we expect Steve Nash and Grant Hill to play like they are 25During last season, there were doubters as to whether Steve Nash at 35 is on the decline when he posted less than stellar numbers compared with his previous MVP seasons. This season, Alvin Gentry, the coach of the Suns gave Nash free reign on running this team on the court and Nash is once again orchestrating this team’s offense like the modern day Bob Cousy that we know he is.Grant Hill declined offers from other teams such as the Boston Celtics to play with the Suns before the start of the season. Hill at 37, has played more games than any Suns on the roster so far counting back to last season. Brief rumors also surfaced involving Stoudemire for Al Jefferson of the Minnisota Timberwolves.After recovering from a serious eye injury, Stoudemire is once again in a Suns uniform as the team’s primary source of offense while entering his final contract year.Will we be expecting the Suns to play in the NBA Finals this yearIt is still early to say whether the Suns style of play will hold up against the mighty Boston Celtics or the reigning champions LA Lakers in a seven games series. Despite being at the top of the league standings now, no one is expecting the Suns to be playing in the NBA Finals this season.However, we can always expect the unexpected especially with the Phoenix Suns.. Federated Investors, Inc.

Announces Year-End 2008 Earnings and Conference CallDatesPITTSBURGH, Jan 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Federated Investors, Inc. (NYSE:FII), will report financial and operating results for the quarter and yearended Dec 31, 2008 after the market closes on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009.Aconference call for institutional investors and analysts will be held at 9:00a.m Eastern on Friday, Jan 23, 2009.President and CEO J ChristopherDonahue and CFO Thomas R Donahue will host the call. Investors interested in listening to the teleconference should dial877-407-0782 (domestic) or 201-689-8567 (international) or visitFederatedInvestors for real time Internet access.To listen via theInternet, go to the About Us section of the Web site at least 15 minutes priorto register, download and install any necessary audio software.A telephone replay of the call will begin at approximately 12:30 p.m Easternon Jan 23, 2009 and will be available until Jan. 30, 2009.To access thetelephone replay, dial 877-660-6853 (domestic) or 201-612-7415 (international)and enter the access codes 286 and 308797.The Internet replay will beavailable via FederatedInvestors for seven days Federated Investors, Inc. 30, 2008.With 147mutual funds and various separately managed account options, Federatedprovides comprehensive investment management to nearly 5,400 institutions andintermediaries including corporations, government entities, insurancecompanies, foundations and endowments, banks and broker/dealers.For moreinformation, visit FederatedInvestors .SOURCEFederated Investors, Inc.MEDIA: Meghan McAndrew, 1-412-288-8103, or ANALYSTS: Ray Hanley,1-412-288-1920, both of Federated Investors, Inc..

JNBridge's JMS Adapter for BizTalk Server Named Among Top Products to Watch byeWeek MagazineCompany streamlines Java & .NET interoperability for enterprisesBOULDER, Colo., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ JNBridge, a leading provider of Javaand .NET Framework interoperability tools, today announced its JMS Adapter forBizTalk Server product has been named among eWeek Magazine's Top Products toWatch. Published in the January 5, 2009 issue, the feature highlightsJNBridge's interoperability tool as one of the products in the softwareenterprise space that IT managers should have on their radar.JNBridge'sadapter was included with products from industry giants, such as HP, Novell,EMC and NEC, and was the only interoperability tool solution named in thefeature (see http://)."We are excited to be named by eWeek Magazine as one of the Top Products toWatch in 2009," said Wayne Citrin, CTO at JNBridge. Thecompany's JMS Adapter for BizTalk Server provides enterprises with a fast andeasy way to connect JMS capabilities with Microsoft's BizTalk Server 2006 orBizTalk Server 2006 R2. The adapter uses a simple interface that hides thecomplexities of building a JMS client, requires no changes to existing JMSenterprise servers, and is compatible with any vendor's JMS server. For more information on JNBridge and its family of interoperability solutionsplease visit: JNBridgeJNBridge connects Java and .NET Framework-based components and applicationstogether with interoperability tools that are fast, simple to use and removethe complexities of cross-platform interoperability.